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The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, says President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is committed to the fight against abuse and trafficking of illicit substances. He pledged the FG’s continued support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to deliver on its mandate. The Vice President spoke yesterday in Abuja while declaring open the 31st meeting of Heads […]

Ogun State government said in a statement today that he has cancelled celebrating the 63rd Independence Day scheduled for Sunday, October 1st This, according to a statement from the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, was in tune with the directive of the federal government to have a low-key celebration this year. The […]

Perez Medcare Hospital, where singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad, was allegedly taken, has released a statement concerning the singer’s death. In the statement shared on its Instagram page yesterday night, the hospital stated that the singer was brought in dead at the hospital. The hospital also debunked rumours that the singer was admitted […]

The Lagos State Government has intensified its efforts to rid some areas in the state of illegal structures and shanties as the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in furtherance to the directives of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, supervised the demolition of shanties on the setbacks and rights of way of […]

  Meta is set to launch verification for businesses on WhatsApp soon. Meta disclosed this during a media briefing yesterday, whose details were embargoed until today, with Meta’s  VP of business messaging, Nikila Srinivasan. The firm stated that it will soon begin to make it possible for businesses to receive verification from Meta, which users […]

Lazio goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scored a bullet header in stoppage time to earn a miraculous draw for Lazio in their Champions League group stage match against Atletico Madrid. The 29-year-old Italian goalkeeper joined his team’s attack in the closing minutes in Rome, and when Luis Alberto sent over a ferocious cross, he sprang and buried […]

The Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde, said the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo is not for sale. Makinde said he would not only refer such people to the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYOCA) but would personally take such individuals to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He urged the people of Oyo town, […]

The Third Mainland Bridge will be shut to motorists to allow the commencement of remedial repair on bad portions of the bridge, the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has announced. The repair to be carried out through the Lagos Public Works Corporation, LPWC, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Works, will see the bridge […]

Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), says the body of late singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, may be exhumed for autopsy if the need arises. There have been controversies surrounding the death of the 27-year-old singer, with allegations of a threat to life while Mohbad was alive. Hundeyin, in […]